Ultimate Cursor adds custom cursors and animated backgrounds to WordPress. The free add-on includes Text, Image, Icon, Shape, and Animated cursor types, 113 built-in icons, five shapes, eight animated effects, and the Antigravity and Light Pillar backgrounds. Ultimate Cursor Pro is an optional add-on for more control over cursor behavior, placement, and effects.

Set up a cursor in the dashboard and use the live preview to review it before saving. Basic setup requires no code or CSS. Ultimate Cursor works with properly coded WordPress themes and pages built with Gutenberg, Elementor, WPBakery, and Divi.

Choose where cursors appear and how they respond

With Pro, create multiple cursor configurations, each with its own style and targeting rules. For example, use one cursor across the website and apply another to a portfolio area. Target cursors to selected pages, CSS selectors, or HTML elements.

Interactive Hover changes the cursor over links, buttons, and form fields. It can grow, change color, glow, move toward the center of an element, or show a label such as “Open,” “Play,” or “Type.” Pro also includes blend modes and custom CSS selectors for hover behavior.

Add cursor styles and effect controls

Pro adds 20 geometric shapes, bringing the total to 25. Options include heart, star, diamond, arrow, Blob, Squircle, Sparkle, Pin, and Shield. Circular Text wraps text around the cursor as a rotating badge. For image and icon cursors, hotspot options pick which point follows the mouse, such as the tip of an arrow.

The free add-on includes all eight animated cursor effects with ready-made styles: Bubble, Splash, Snowflake, Trail, Character, Rainbow, Click Spark, and Click Particles. Pro adds settings for each effect. Depending on the effect, these include trail emojis, snowflake characters, size, particle count and speed, splash colors and force, rainbow colors, and custom characters.

Configure background effects

Antigravity creates floating particles, while Light Pillar creates a glowing vertical light. Both are included in the free plugin with basic settings. Pro adds Antigravity motion controls such as magnet and ring radius, field strength, wave, pulse, and rotation. For Light Pillar, Pro adds controls for intensity, glow, noise, mouse interaction, blend mode, and quality.

Pro also lets you adjust background position, stacking order, and opacity, target backgrounds to selected pages or CSS selectors, and execute multiple background configurations. Cursor and background effects can be used together. The cursor is hidden on touch devices, while backgrounds remain responsive across screen sizes. Animations respect reduced-motion preferences.

Set up and preview

Open Ultimate Cursor in the WordPress dashboard, choose a cursor type, adjust its settings in the live preview, and save. To add a background, open the Background tab, choose Antigravity or Light Pillar, and save. Effects load only when enabled; separate effect files load according to the configuration, and cursor scripts are not downloaded on devices where the cursor is hidden. Background scripts are not downloaded for users who prefer reduced motion.

Ultimate Cursor Pro includes priority support and a 14-day money-back guarantee.